Morale is a very important factor on the battlefield.

The level of morale often determines the victory or defeat of a battle.

At this time, Zhang Xiu seized this opportunity.

Although Hu Che'er knew that Xiahou Yuan's arrow had been merciful, it did not affect the development of the situation.

He defeated Cao Zhen himself, and now the morale of the whole army is high. Therefore, Zhang Xiu waved his army and rushed to kill.

Cao Jun's morale has indeed suffered a certain blow, but after all, they have also experienced many major battles, and the most important thing is that they were originally Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.

Yes, now Cao Cao's main force is still the Qingzhou soldiers under Nie Hong.

In the face of the enemy's charge, they only hesitated slightly, and then formed a defensive formation under the command of the generals.

The two armies faced each other, and the soldiers in the first two rows bore the brunt.

Different from the generally recruited soldiers, the characteristic of Qingzhou soldiers and horses is that they are fearless.

Even if the opponent's cavalry had already arrived in front of them, even if they might be seriously injured by their horses in an instant, none of them flinched.

The moment they made contact, they had only one thought, and that was to kill the enemy.

Even if they are knocked down by a war horse or stabbed by an enemy, these people will use their last strength to slash Changge in their hands at the enemy.

That's what they learned from a few of the Night Marshals.

Nie Hong taught them to be calm, Hu Yi taught them to be calm, and Zhou Heng made them all bloody men.

Perhaps it is this complementarity that allows Qingzhou Yellow Turbans to survive tenaciously in the troubled times of princes.

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Except for the wounded Cao Zhen, all the generals participated in the battle group.

It's just that in the chaotic scene, there is a stubborn rock that moves forward unhindered - Hu Che'er.

Wherever the pillar went, the enemy flew out in all directions.

Hu Che'er's brute force and this kind of domineering surprise soldier are by no means something that ordinary people can resist.

Of course, several generals of Cao Jun also noticed him.

They all knew that Hu Che'er was a human after all, and this kind of tactic, even if he used his brute strength to control it, would not last long.

However, before his strength fails, how many of his own soldiers will die in vain?

If hundreds of people had to be used to drag this "monster" at each station, then within a few times, the soldiers and horses on his side would not be able to continue to block Zhang Xiu's attack.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong glanced at each other, cut down the enemy soldiers beside them, and led their horses forward at the same time.

They didn't want to have a hard time with Hu Che'er, but to attack his weakness.

At this time, there was already a large open space beside Hu Che'er, and because of his deterrent, no one dared to step forward casually.

After all, Hu Che'er had been fighting for a long time, and he was slightly adjusting his breathing at this time.

Xiahou Yuan was eyeing the stab wound caused by Cao Zhen on the inner thigh.

Because Hu Che'er's muscles were too strong, under the force of force, the small wound of the leech sting was squeezed together.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong had already come to his side with their horses at this time, and after a slight pause, they began to circle in the same direction, surrounding Hu Che'er.

Hu Che'er stared back and forth quietly at the two, ready to explode suddenly.

However, it was Cao Hong who made the first move.

Although his horse bow is not as good as Xiahou Yuan's, he is also a master in the army, just bending over and rising again, the longbow is already in his hand.

When Hu Che'er stared at him, Xiahou Yuan also took a bow and put on the string.

"Whoosh!"

Cao Hong took advantage of Hu Che'er to see Xiahou Yuan again, and shot an arrow directly into his left eye.

An arrow at a distance of ten paces can be imagined.

Hu Che'er had already taken precautions, he dragged the iron pillar down, and with a "ding" sound, this arrow at close range was actually prevented.

However, Cao Hong was laughing.

Because his arrow was just to lure the enemy, the real killing move was Xiahou Yuan.

No matter how fast Hu Che'er was, he couldn't defend against arrows in two directions within a distance of ten paces with an iron pillar.

What's more, it is one of Xiahou Yuan's stunts - the three birds return to the nest.

This is Xiahou Yuan's original shooting method, when taking the arrow, he uses four fingers to hold three arrows, and then shoots it out quickly in a row.

Xiahou Yuan has practiced this stunt to draw the bow three times, the position of the arm is exactly the same, and the fingers can accurately place the arrow on the string while pulling the bow.

Although it was a stunt, his brother Xiahou Dun had mocked half-jokingly before: "I'm afraid that your stunt is useless, how can anyone need you Xiahou Miao to put three arrows before being shot down?" ”

I didn't expect to really meet such a person today.

The three arrows accurately penetrated the wound on the inside of Hu Che'er's left leg with a small time difference, as strong as Hu Che'er's standing was a little unstable, and his left leg was weak and he almost fell to his knees.

He stared at Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing to release arrows, so he looked down at the wound that was shot.

Vicious!

He now finally understood the characteristics of this type of shooting.

For a man with a strong physique like him, these three arrows hit one place accurately, just tearing open the originally small wound.

Now the blood from the wound has gushed like a spring, and Hu Che'er's forehead has gradually become sweat droplets.

Exhaustion combined with blood loss can not stand even the strongest person.

However, an even greater doubt arose in his heart—it had already been twice, why didn't the enemy kill him?

In fact, many times, the truth does not have a very complicated explanation.

Even though Hu Che'er had defeated Cao Zhen and killed hundreds of people, Xiahou Yuan still remained calm.

The purpose of his coming this time was to stop Zhang Xiu's progress, not to annihilate him.

Cao Zhen had already told everyone that Hu Che'er was Shen Rong's pro-apprentice, and when he first heard that Shen Rong was going to assassinate Cao Cao, Duan Xuan had already introduced Shen Rong.

It was a man who was very affectionate to his subordinates.

Let Hu Che'er lose his combat power and make Zhang Xiu hesitate, this is the goal.

In case he killed Hu Che'er, once Shen Rong lost his mind, it was hard to guarantee that he would not instigate Zhang Xiu to fight desperately.

If they were okay alone, after all, even if he failed, Cao Cao would be able to immediately send troops and horses to continue to block Zhang Xiujun.

But the problem is that behind them, there are tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers and horses eyeing them.

Who knows what Liu Biao's old fox has in mind.

Everyone in the world says that Liu Biao is a person with no ambitions, and he has always only cared about protecting the territory and the people, but if he really only wants to protect the state border, how can he send troops to help Zhang Xiu?

Zhang Xiu, who needs to be sent under the fence to survive, and Cao Cao, who has already received the Son of Heaven, who is more difficult to mess with, he should be clear.

His dispatch of troops this time shows his ambition to covet the Son of Heaven and dominate the world.

Therefore, it is better not to provoke Shen Rong, in this way, at least Jingzhou Bing will continue to wait and see, and he only needs to deal with Zhang Xiu's side.

……

Zhang Xiu and Shen Rong were also fighting with the enemy, but they also saw Hu Che'er's situation.

Zhang Xiu nodded at Shen Rong, and prepared to open the road ahead to rescue Hu Che'er.

However, how can the tacit understanding between Cao Jun's generals be comparable to ordinary people?

Li Dian, Le Jin, and Han Hao will be killed from the left and right at the same time, and intercept the two in the chaotic battle.

Lei Xu and Xu Yuan also hurriedly stepped forward to support, but they were helplessly entangled by Shi Jian and Cao Ang and couldn't separate.

However, it was only a delay in the time of tea, because Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were sure that Hu Che'er was unable to fight anymore, so they hurriedly withdrew their troops.

Nominally, it was Cao Jun who took the initiative to retreat, but in fact, the corpses left in the battlefield were more of Zhang Xiu's men and horses.

Zhang Xiu also knew that he had lost, so of course he would not chase it, so he let the enemy calmly withdraw.

Their first thing at this time was to bring Hu Che'er back to the camp to treat his injuries.

Because Jia Xu is a civilian official, when this kind of rush kills, he can only replace Zhang Xiu in the Chinese army.

At this time, seeing that the battle was over, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's false to say that you're not worried, after all, these people are the only companions you have left.

Lei Xu and Xu Yuan were laboriously supporting the sturdy Hu Che'er to walk back at this time, and when they passed by Jia Xu's side, Xu Yuan suddenly heard him say: "You also go back to the camp to bandage, don't worry me." ”

Xu Yuan turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and then looked at himself, only to find that he had been cut by an enemy soldier on his arm, and he didn't feel it during the battle.

She was about to pretend to say "it's okay" easily, but found that Jia Xu's eyes became very gentle, full of concern and unbearable, so she lowered her head slightly and whispered "um" in response.

Jia Xu was always expressionless, and his eyes stopped on Zhang Xiu and Shen Rong later.

Xu Yuan turned his head, smiled slightly, and continued to carry Hu Che'er forward.

"He's just not good at expressing his love for his children." Lei Xu said with some ill will.

Xu Yuan didn't answer, but a trace of shyness appeared on her bewitching face.

……

"Strategist, count the casualties, our army did not have the upper hand in this battle." Zhang Xiu glanced at the battlefield when he came back, and he probably knew the result today.

"Looking at today's situation, Xiahou Yuan still wants to consume our army." Jia Xu didn't answer him.

"What do you mean?" Shen Rong heard something else.

"I just want to share my thoughts on the situation today."

"Presumably, Xiahou Yuan has already seen it clearly. Now we just have to consume it, and we are in a dilemma. ”

Shen Rong looked at Jia Xu and wanted to stop his words, but in the end he motioned for him to continue.

"Needless to say, the wait-and-see posture of the Jingzhou soldiers is needless to say, and now Xiahou Yuan is relying on the advantage of supply."

Indeed, Cao Jun was relied on his own turf, and he did not have to worry about the grain and grass being cut off, and the millions of people he received by the way when he received the Qingzhou Yellow Turban have become a powerful productive force.

Although Cao Cao's grain and grass are still not very abundant, if he only supplies these soldiers and horses here, he can still cope with it for a long time.

But on my side, it's a different situation entirely.

Sent in the small town of Wanxian County, relying only on the food paid by the people under his rule, Zhang Xiu could barely support himself, but he was only stationed in the city.

But now, it's out of the army.

The loss of grain and grass during transportation has invisibly increased the burden.

They also thought about whether to discuss with Liu Biao about borrowing grain. But looking at Wang Wei's attitude, he already knew the result, and asked Zhang Xiu to beg Liu Biao in a low voice, needless to say that he was unwilling, and even Jia Xu didn't want to.

But now it's really hard to consume.

It is difficult to advance, and it is even more difficult to retreat. If he withdraws like this, Liu Biao will see that he is incompetent, and it is likely that he will not be able to continue to stay in Wanxian.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xiu also knows Jia Xu's personality, he will not only think about problems and not think of solutions.

Sure enough, when Jia Xu heard Zhang Xiu ask like this, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......